T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D., respected nutrition and health researcher, is keynote speaker at the NHA 2007 Conference

Dr. T. Colin Campbell gave a brilliant lecture at the 2007 NHA Conference titled “Health Care Means Nutrition Care, Not Disease Care.” The National Health Association wanted as many people as possible to hear his inspiring lecture, so we invited people living in the South Florida area to join NHA Conference attendees for this event.

The Compromise of 30%

05/02/2008 

Since 1980, most major dietary guidelines have recommend that we consume around 30% of our calories from fat.  And, since then, this has become the gospel, even in many of the the vegetarian and vegan communities.  Recently, some organizations, like the American Heart Association, have begun to recommend even higher levels of fat, in certain conditions.

But does anyone really know how and why they came to these recommendations?  Is there conclusive evidence that this level of fat is optimal?

What many people do not realize, is that there was no good evidence for this recommendation and the 30% was a compromise and based on some data that was "unrealistic" in reference and relevance to the USA.

The following quotes are from William P James, who is from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and the head of the International Obesity Task Force, which is part of the International Association for the Study of Obesity.

Herbal Fraud 

04/30/2008 

Many people in the "natural food" and "healthy living" world are aware of the corruption and  problems in the food and pharmeceutical industries.  What they are not often aware or, or willing to beleive, is the amount of corruption that also exists in the world of natural food and healthy living.

There is corruption on all sides.

Gregory Probert, the president and chief operating officer of Herbalife Ltd., was caught embellishing his academic credentials by a fraud investigator who has bet against the company's stock.

Herbalife, a Los Angeles marketer of weight-loss products, has said Mr.Probert received a Master of Business Administration degree from California State University, Los Angeles. It mentioned the degree in at least 19 filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

But Mr. Probert never finished Cal State's M.B.A. program, where he took classes in the early 1980s, the university said. The disclosure came after a critic of the company, Barry Minkow, hired a private investigator to verify Herbalife executives' biographies.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120908803557643829.html?mod=todays_us_marketplace

Food Additives

04/29/2008 

If you have heard my label reading talk, you know that I do not address the issue of food additives.  My main focus is on the three ingredients which are the most over consumed in the American food supply and causing the most harm.  These are the  "bad" fats (saturated, hydrogenated, trans) , refined sugars/sweeteners, and refined carbohydrates/grains.

However, the Center For Science In The Public Interest (CSPI) has just updated their analysis of food additives in the latest edition of Nutrition Action Newsletter and it is available online.

So, for those who are interested, I consider CSPI's work on this over the years, fairly reliable though I do not agree 100% with their ratings. Nor am I recommending that you place the concern over avoiding these additives above and